Post by 00Penguin on Dec 20, 2010 23:30:31 GMT -5
A Long and Tedious Journey Awaits
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Your Destiny is to Venture Upon It
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Name: Larisa Demidov/Alias: Dmitri Demidov, ‘Cold Wind’
Race: Human
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Homeworld: Port Royal
Your Decisions Will Decide the Outcome of the Universe
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Appearance: With dark blonde short hair roughed by the sea, Larisa stands at 5’ 5” with no form of slouching or leaning in her stature. Her face, once soft and sweet, now is roughed with a scar on the right side of her forehead where a stray tackle swung and hit her in the head. She has other small scaring on her face, most of them from the Barbary attack when she was younger. While her face is scuffed with scars, her deep blue eyes weren’t affected, if anything they’ve become more dark much like the sea. Larisa has many other scars on her body, a good majority of them from the Barbary attack but other than the scar nothing serious disfigurement. If she wasn’t wear her normal wear and wore something feminist anybody could tell that she would appear that her body is much a 16 year old girl who is underdeveloped. However this hasn’t exactly worried her at all, to her it would be better because then it doesn’t arouse suspicion. Her outfit consists of a long sleeved shirt sewed together in places. Her trouser, faded royal purple in color, are held together by a sash of faded red. Her boots, made of faded dark leather, go halfway up her shin. Hidden from view, she wears a single piece of jewerly that was her father, a simple rosary of her faith in the Orthodox Church.
Personality:•General Persona: Her outer appearance can speak for most of itself as she carries with her a look that says 'If you want to live don't come near me.' She walks with a stride that shows no weakness or falter. A look from her can chill man to the bone, and some even say can summons the winds. A heavy drinker, but even more a heavy hitter. She can take a beating, an insult, or anything and brush it off like it is nothing. Holding her own like any other man, she can navigate around a ship just as well or better than any sailor. She has an aura, that much like her appearance keeps people away, but to others its like a beacon that calls out to other so that they may heard what she has.
•Inner Thought Process: Much of her agresstion is all based on the events that conspired after her return to Mother Russia. The greed of the Barbary that ruined not just herself but also her family. The despairation that hung over her, even now haunts her. The backstabbing of a mother, reminds her that even those close to you will do things for their needs. And finally... the sea, the sea holds and takes by it's will, and she has seen it as fellow sailors were taken to the depths of sea never to see the light of sun and to never be marked, only forgotten with time. However within all this hate there is one splinter of goodness, the love and affection she had for her late father. This is the one factor that keeps her from killing both people and herself.
•Fears: Drowning is her only fear, but she is willing to accept it.
•Pleasures: While the incident with the pirates ruins her life, her love for the sea never faltered.
•Quirks: Her only quirk is her cold aggressive nature, which is part of the reason for her nickname (or it could be because she's Russian).But With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Character Class: (Class Name, Tier)
Stats:
•Strength: 10
•Cunning: 8
•Agility: 12
Weapons:
Weapons:
Primary Weapon Name: Cutlass
Primary Weapon Type: Bladed Weapon
Primary Weapon Description: A basket-hilt sword of about 5' in length with a slight curve to it. This sword has seen much in it's life as it has the chips and scratches of every blade it came into contact with during its time.
Secondary Weapon Name: Spanish Sword Revolver
Secondary Weapon Type: Bladed/ 'Range' Weapon
Secondary Weapon Description: A sword with a blade about 3' in length and a barrel about a 1' on the back of the blade. The gun component is a six-chamber flintlock revolver with the firing mechanism built into the hilt. This weapon was built in 1620, and being sold in a shop when Larisa bought it and paid for it to be repair back to it's working state. However the 'effective' firing range of this weapon is at least 7'.
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But Your History Decides Your Version of "Responsibility"
[/b][/size][/center][/u]History: Born in the city port of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Larisa was the daughter of young successful sailor, and with much admiration for her father, would accompany him on a few of his voyages. Many of these journeys she learned the trade of seamanship and earned the respect of many of her father’s fellow men.
At the fair of age of 14, Larisa was with her father on one of his voyages to the Mediterranean Sea. And much like many voyages before this one, their ship was approached by the Barbary Pirates who demanded a tribute for protection. While her father in the past would agree to these terms, this time the finances that need to be gained from this voyage were more important than the protection. At which point he refused to the protection, causing the Barbary Pirates to open fire onto their ship. At some point in the one-side fight, when a cannon ball impacted with the ship much of the shrapnel scattered and some few struck Larisa cutting her up very badly. Her father finally submitted but it didn’t matter to them anymore because then they the cargo and everyone onboard and sent a ransom back to their respective homes for the save return of their love ones. Having received this news, the household sent the needed ransom in hope that their master and mistress would return safely. However the ransom sent to recover Larisa and her father was actually only enough to release one of them. In a final act valor and as a loving father, he demanded that she was released. Larisa was heart-broken as the ship that carried her away from the Barbary Pirate’s ship, slowly slip out of her sights. While her household was filled joy that she had returned safely, her heart was filled with despair and hatred. But her troubles were only starting as her home fell into financial-debt that couldn’t be paid.
Her mother, became desperate as she sold items away to pay for the debt that only grew as more payments were not made. Their days grew much dark as the debts grew larger. Until finally it got to a point where Larisa and her mother could no longer see eye to eye as their nights just filled with sounds of arguements. The 'last straw' was when Larisa's mother, behind her back, set her up in an arranged marriage to a duke. While she couldn't say anything in the matter, she did take the action of leaving the old duke at the altar.
Now with no family to trust, she did the one thing that could take her away from this dark world of hermotherHOMEland under guise she enlisted onto a transporting ship for a few years using her knowledge she accumlated from all times with her father, and eventually found herself in the Caribbeans. Now a freelancing sailor, Larisa has made a name for herself as she takes any job available for her seamanship skills.
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